Azure Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 20 14
Rank change year-on-year +9 -6 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 173 69 52
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 15.04% 10.87% 11.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.71% 35.38% 36.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 52 39
10th Percentile £400 £313 £370
25th Percentile £442 £378 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £475 £535
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -11.21% -9.78%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £622
90th Percentile £675 £634 £646
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £488 £506
% change year-on-year +2.56% -3.66% -8.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South Yorkshire

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 425 195 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 36.96% 30.71% 32.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 147 95
10th Percentile £353 £289 £270
25th Percentile £447 £359 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £475 £515
Median % change year-on-year +8.38% -7.77% -13.15%
75th Percentile £600 £539 £589
90th Percentile £681 £643 £642
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.26%
75th Percentile - - £22.00
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.00 £200.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -90.50% +809.09% +3.51%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Azure job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in South Yorkshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 25 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield +9 167 £519 +9.26% 78
Doncaster -6 1 - - 10
Azure
Yorkshire

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (8.67%) Confluence
2 14 (8.09%) Apache Spark
3 10 (5.78%) SharePoint
4 8 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (4.05%) Apache
6 5 (2.89%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (2.89%) Apache Superset
7 2 (1.16%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 86 (49.71%) AWS
2 77 (44.51%) GCP
3 35 (20.23%) GitHub
4 30 (17.34%) Azure DevOps
5 27 (15.61%) Entra ID
6 23 (13.29%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (8.67%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (7.51%) Power Platform
9 11 (6.36%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 9 (5.20%) Azure Monitor
11 8 (4.62%) Serverless
12 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (3.47%) AWS CloudFormation
14 5 (2.89%) Azure Data Factory
14 5 (2.89%) Azure Storage
14 5 (2.89%) OpenShift
15 4 (2.31%) Cloud Run
15 4 (2.31%) GitHub Copilot
15 4 (2.31%) Kong
15 4 (2.31%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (8.67%) Network Security
2 13 (7.51%) DNS
3 11 (6.36%) Firewall
4 5 (2.89%) VPN
5 4 (2.31%) Reverse Proxy
6 3 (1.73%) Kerberos
6 3 (1.73%) NAS
6 3 (1.73%) SAN
7 2 (1.16%) DHCP
7 2 (1.16%) LAN
7 2 (1.16%) Multicast
7 2 (1.16%) VLAN
7 2 (1.16%) VSAN
7 2 (1.16%) WAN
8 1 (0.58%) Intranet
8 1 (0.58%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.67%) Big Data
2 12 (6.94%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.78%) Data Lake
3 10 (5.78%) Power BI
4 7 (4.05%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (3.47%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (3.47%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.89%) Neo4j
6 5 (2.89%) Redis
6 5 (2.89%) Relational Database
6 5 (2.89%) Trino
7 4 (2.31%) Metadata
8 3 (1.73%) Delta Lake
8 3 (1.73%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.73%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.16%) Flink
9 2 (1.16%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.58%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.58%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 35 (20.23%) Jenkins
2 23 (13.29%) JIRA
3 13 (7.51%) Git
4 8 (4.62%) GitLab
4 8 (4.62%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (2.89%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.73%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (1.73%) Fiddler
7 2 (1.16%) Claude Code
7 2 (1.16%) Gatling
7 2 (1.16%) JMeter
7 2 (1.16%) Maven
7 2 (1.16%) MSBuild
7 2 (1.16%) Postman
7 2 (1.16%) Selenium
7 2 (1.16%) Terragrunt
7 2 (1.16%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.58%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.58%) Gradle
8 1 (0.58%) SoapUI
General
1 68 (39.31%) Social Skills
2 65 (37.57%) Finance
3 24 (13.87%) Banking
4 21 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.20%) Financial Institution
6 6 (3.47%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.89%) Law
8 4 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.73%) Legal
9 3 (1.73%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.16%) Billing
11 1 (0.58%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.58%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (16.18%) Lead
2 24 (13.87%) Architect
3 22 (12.72%) DevOps Engineer
4 16 (9.25%) Developer
5 11 (6.36%) Platform Engineer
6 10 (5.78%) Consultant
7 9 (5.20%) Cloud Architect
7 9 (5.20%) Security Engineer
7 9 (5.20%) Senior
8 8 (4.62%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (4.62%) Data Engineer
8 8 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.05%) Analyst
9 7 (4.05%) Cloud Engineer
9 7 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 7 (4.05%) Software Engineer
10 6 (3.47%) .NET Developer
10 6 (3.47%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
10 6 (3.47%) Cloud Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.47%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (31.79%) Terraform
2 24 (13.87%) REST
3 17 (9.83%) OAuth
4 16 (9.25%) Kafka
5 14 (8.09%) OpenID
6 13 (7.51%) .NET
6 13 (7.51%) OAuth2
6 13 (7.51%) React
7 12 (6.94%) SAML
8 10 (5.78%) SailPoint
9 9 (5.20%) ASP.NET
10 8 (4.62%) AngularJS
10 8 (4.62%) JSON
10 8 (4.62%) Spring
10 8 (4.62%) Spring Boot
11 7 (4.05%) .NET Core
11 7 (4.05%) Web Services
12 6 (3.47%) FIDO
12 6 (3.47%) JWT
12 6 (3.47%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 37 (21.39%) Cloud Native
2 19 (10.98%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (10.40%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (6.94%) Data Centre
4 12 (6.94%) Onboarding
5 10 (5.78%) AI Agents
6 6 (3.47%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (3.47%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.89%) Replication
8 4 (2.31%) Autonomous Agent
8 4 (2.31%) Enterprise Storage
8 4 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.31%) PKI
8 4 (2.31%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.73%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.73%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.73%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.83%) Windows
2 16 (9.25%) Linux
3 15 (8.67%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.73%) AIX
4 3 (1.73%) Android
4 3 (1.73%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.73%) Data ONTAP
5 2 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.58%) CoreOS
6 1 (0.58%) Unix
6 1 (0.58%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (52.60%) CI/CD
2 88 (50.87%) DevOps
3 61 (35.26%) Cybersecurity
4 51 (29.48%) Infrastructure as Code
5 47 (27.17%) Observability
6 37 (21.39%) AI
7 35 (20.23%) Platform Engineering
8 34 (19.65%) Stakeholder Management
9 33 (19.08%) Agile
9 33 (19.08%) Analytics
9 33 (19.08%) DevSecOps
10 30 (17.34%) Microservices
11 27 (15.61%) Cloud Security
11 27 (15.61%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (15.03%) RBAC
12 26 (15.03%) Software Engineering
12 26 (15.03%) Test Automation
13 24 (13.87%) Containerisation
14 23 (13.29%) Secrets Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (35.26%) Python
2 40 (23.12%) Java
3 31 (17.92%) SQL
4 26 (15.03%) PowerShell
5 13 (7.51%) C#
6 10 (5.78%) Bash
7 9 (5.20%) Shell Script
8 8 (4.62%) Bicep
9 7 (4.05%) Go
9 7 (4.05%) Groovy
9 7 (4.05%) JavaScript
10 5 (2.89%) Kotlin
11 4 (2.31%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (1.73%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.58%) C
13 1 (0.58%) Cypher
13 1 (0.58%) Scala
Qualifications
1 17 (9.83%) Degree
2 10 (5.78%) AWS Certification
3 9 (5.20%) Azure Certification
3 9 (5.20%) CISSP
3 9 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (4.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 7 (4.05%) CCSP
4 7 (4.05%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (4.05%) CISM
5 6 (3.47%) CCSK
6 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (1.73%) NCDA
8 3 (1.73%) NCIE
8 3 (1.73%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.73%) PMP
9 2 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (1.16%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.58%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.20%) QA
2 8 (4.62%) NIST
3 7 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (3.47%) PCI DSS
5 5 (2.89%) HIPAA
5 5 (2.89%) SOC 2
6 4 (2.31%) GRC
7 3 (1.73%) Data Quality
8 2 (1.16%) GDPR
8 2 (1.16%) PMO
9 1 (0.58%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 32 (18.50%) Docker
2 30 (17.34%) Active Directory
3 9 (5.20%) Hyper-V
3 9 (5.20%) Virtual Machines
3 9 (5.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.31%) vSphere
5 3 (1.73%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 3 (1.73%) SRDF
6 2 (1.16%) NFS
6 2 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.58%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.58%) Ceph
7 1 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.58%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 63 (36.42%) Kubernetes
2 22 (12.72%) Ansible
3 14 (8.09%) Prometheus
4 13 (7.51%) Grafana
5 7 (4.05%) Kustomize
5 7 (4.05%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (1.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.73%) Argo
7 3 (1.73%) EMC VPLEX
7 3 (1.73%) Packer
7 3 (1.73%) SnapMirror
7 3 (1.73%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.16%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (1.16%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.16%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.16%) SnapVault
9 1 (0.58%) IBM Guardium
9 1 (0.58%) WMI
Vendors
1 54 (31.21%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.98%) Databricks
3 12 (6.94%) Google
3 12 (6.94%) ServiceNow
4 10 (5.78%) CyberArk
5 9 (5.20%) VMware
6 8 (4.62%) Okta
7 7 (4.05%) OpenAI
7 7 (4.05%) Splunk
8 6 (3.47%) Centrify
8 6 (3.47%) Cisco
9 5 (2.89%) Red Hat
10 4 (2.31%) Palo Alto
10 4 (2.31%) Ping Identity
10 4 (2.31%) Veeam
11 3 (1.73%) 3PAR
11 3 (1.73%) Brocade
11 3 (1.73%) Dell
11 3 (1.73%) IBM
11 3 (1.73%) NetApp